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RedHat: RHSA-2021-3845-01 Critical: Chrome Security Patch

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Calendar Grey August 26, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
SUSE introduces an essential Chrome patch tackling various web browser weaknesses to enhance UNIX system protection.
An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

Summary

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability.
This update upgrades Firefox to version 78.2.0 ESR.
Security Fix(es):
* Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation (CVE-2020-15664)
* Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation (CVE-2020-15669)
* Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer (CVE-2020-12422)
* Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags (CVE-2020-15648)
* Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups (CVE-2020-15653)
* Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey (CVE-2020-15656)
* Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process (CVE-2020-12424)
* Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse() (CVE-2020-12425)
* Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface (CVE-2020-15654)
* Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk (CVE-2020-15658)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat important firefox software web browser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12422 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12424 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12425 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15648 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15653 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15654 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15656 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15658 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15664 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15669 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.src.rpm
aarch64: firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-3.el8_1.aarch64.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-3.el8_1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-3.el8_1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-3.el8_1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.i686.rpm firefox-78.2.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debuginfo-78.2.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm firefox-debugsource-78.2.0-3.el8_1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3559-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3559
Issue date: 2020-08-26

Topic

An update for firefox is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update red hat important firefox software web browser

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1861645 - CVE-2020-15653 Mozilla: Bypassing iframe sandbox when allowing popups

1861646 - CVE-2020-15656 Mozilla: Type confusion for special arguments in IonMonkey

1861647 - CVE-2020-15658 Mozilla: Overriding file type when saving to disk

1861649 - CVE-2020-15654 Mozilla: Custom cursor can overlay user interface

1872531 - CVE-2020-15664 Mozilla: Attacker-induced prompt for extension installation

1872532 - CVE-2020-15669 Mozilla: Use-After-Free when aborting an operation

1872537 - CVE-2020-15648 Mozilla: X-Frame-Options bypass using object or embed tags

1872538 - CVE-2020-12422 Mozilla: Integer overflow in nsJPEGEncoder::emptyOutputBuffer

1872539 - CVE-2020-12424 Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process

1872540 - CVE-2020-12425 Mozilla: Out of bound read in Date.parse()

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